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charter the un never gave it sanction that invasion so but you know because they settled law unless you're still law was broken a law was broken international law was broken yes this this is true but you know we i have to say that i've done a book on the un the un charter has been violated many times by both sides on the climate side and democratic side the us went into kosovo without the sanction of the un security council so there are you know the question is where this is to questions one is the violations. it becomes a war crime the second question is how do you draw the line about war crimes when franklin roosevelt did rescue the jews in the second world war is that a war crime when obama is not intervening in syria is that a war crime i mean it's a very very but stephen we're told we're talking about a violation of international law international criminal court we're looking at law established the international criminal court will will of eventually be the arbiter of these kind of issues but this is something that it is going to take some time to make clear how how you define
charter the un never gave it sanction that invasion so but you know because they settled law unless you're still law was broken a law was broken international law was broken yes this this is true but you know we i have to say that i've done a book on the un the un charter has been violated many times by both sides on the climate side and democratic side the us went into kosovo without the sanction of the un security council so there are you know the question is where this is to questions one is...
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e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e his oldest son, kim jong un. >> the bank of japan has announced radical measures to spur economic growth. >> it has promised to double its government bond holdings over the next two years. the steps are aimed at infnfnflalation.. the news sent the nikkei stock index soaring. elsewhere, the bank of england left its main lending rate unchanged. the european central bank in frankfurt also left its rate unchanged. the price isthe hope is the low rates will encourage businesses to invest in new economic activity. >> ok, so, a lot of action there from world's central banks. let's go to the frankfurt stock exchange. there seems to have been a bit of a dramatic situation there for the dax butututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututhehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe fac that interest rates remain unchanged in great britain and also in the euro area has not been such a big surprise but the words of mario druggie sounded
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the leaking that is certain is that kim jong-un is not a reformer as some are suggesting. kristie you think there's any chance on the horizon of ma'at -- >> do you think there's any chance on the horizon of more talks? >> i do not see that in the immediate future right now. the north can't -- north koreans seem to have abrogated everything they're going to. there have been years on the plutonium plant that we spent so much time trying to get disabled. all eyes will be there later this week when secretary kerry is there. and to some extent, china has made a shift, may be less than some people accept or believe, but i think china is ready to work more closely with us. and i think the u.s., if it handles a while, we could bring more pressure to bear on the north koreans. -- if the u.s. handles it well, we could bring more pressure to bear on the north koreans. we will not get back to denuclearization unless the chinese are part of that process. >> thank you. in kenya today, the country's new president was sworn in. of one of kenya's founding fathers and also one of man, andry
the leaking that is certain is that kim jong-un is not a reformer as some are suggesting. kristie you think there's any chance on the horizon of ma'at -- >> do you think there's any chance on the horizon of more talks? >> i do not see that in the immediate future right now. the north can't -- north koreans seem to have abrogated everything they're going to. there have been years on the plutonium plant that we spent so much time trying to get disabled. all eyes will be there later...
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though to point out that our realities do play a role in this kind of world arena you know when the un was set up in one thousand nine hundred five five countries were given the veto veto power now none of the rest of the members of the un have their veto power now why were they given the veto power in one thousand nine hundred five because they were considered the most powerful countries on earth at that time and they were also considered the people the states that were more like most likely to give. support in terms of troops and financing to any un action or course today the power realities are much different in the year two thousand and thirteen and it's been a constant problem with the within the un where many states feel that the security council composition should be changed in the veto should be dropped or it should be expanded but the fact is is the other commentator points out power realities to play an enormous role in defining what is considered a war crime and what isn't considered a war crime and we do have to recognise that even as we pursue the ideal which is to have an
though to point out that our realities do play a role in this kind of world arena you know when the un was set up in one thousand nine hundred five five countries were given the veto veto power now none of the rest of the members of the un have their veto power now why were they given the veto power in one thousand nine hundred five because they were considered the most powerful countries on earth at that time and they were also considered the people the states that were more like most likely...
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north korea is expected to launch a ballistic missile test at any moment the un warning that one wrong step could send the crisis spiraling out of control even though the world body is failing to resolve the deadlock. i. welcome you watching r.t. was made and. now thursday is expected to become a day of action against guantanamo across the u.s. the protests are to support israel's hunger strikers and to push for the facilities permanent shutdown r.t. spoke to a bar see who spent several years to them in solitary confinement before being released without charge he took part in the previous mass hunger strike there and shared his experience. i was taken in and did force and forcing intravenous for fluids into you. and do something silly like put you don't know how many pouches when you only need maybe one or two an inopportune six or something or other there was one guy who was like doing a trainee medical course i don't know where there was online or not and he decided he was joking about which he needed to use or the use a big one and so forth so they were using me the guinea pig for f
north korea is expected to launch a ballistic missile test at any moment the un warning that one wrong step could send the crisis spiraling out of control even though the world body is failing to resolve the deadlock. i. welcome you watching r.t. was made and. now thursday is expected to become a day of action against guantanamo across the u.s. the protests are to support israel's hunger strikers and to push for the facilities permanent shutdown r.t. spoke to a bar see who spent several years...
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a new warning from kim jung-un to them to p'yongyang. after april 10th the regime may not be able to protect them in the event of war. sweden, which oversees entrance into north korea cautiously acknowledge the morning. we're very much concerned over the escalation of intentions. we ask them whether this is a proposal or a requirement. we were told this is only a proposal. >> reporter: one u.s. official called it weird. no one is sure what they're trying to do. >> comes as the u.s. now believes north korea has loaded two missiles into mobile launchers and could be ready to fire them at any time from its eastern coastline. those missiles with a 2500-mile range theoretically could hit targets as far away as guam and even alaska's west coast. >> we would not be surprised to see them take such an action. no one can say when and if they launch what happened here watching two critical dates on the calendar. april 15th, the 101st birthday of kim ill song, and april 30th, when the military exercise ends. the regime could then feel free to launch
a new warning from kim jung-un to them to p'yongyang. after april 10th the regime may not be able to protect them in the event of war. sweden, which oversees entrance into north korea cautiously acknowledge the morning. we're very much concerned over the escalation of intentions. we ask them whether this is a proposal or a requirement. we were told this is only a proposal. >> reporter: one u.s. official called it weird. no one is sure what they're trying to do. >> comes as the u.s....
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francis started pulling its troops from mali the first step in handing over operations to a un approved african force only if french troops will remain by the end of the year january's french led intervention drive out islamist insurgents from northern mali but some retreated to desert hide in the vast area. as the details of the french are proposed and keeping a permanent force of about one thousand french troops on the ground in mali to continue fighting against islamic extremists and militants of the country they say though that they still plan on continuing that would duction of their four thousand strong military personnel currently on the ground and keeping these a one thousand troops they say will be part of a future you win a peacekeeping mission however this is in stark contrast to what french foreign minister laurent fabius had said in january when he was questioned on the extent of the length of this military operation in mali let's take a listen. regarding france's direct involvement it is only a matter of weeks later on we can comment barca but we have no intention of stayi
francis started pulling its troops from mali the first step in handing over operations to a un approved african force only if french troops will remain by the end of the year january's french led intervention drive out islamist insurgents from northern mali but some retreated to desert hide in the vast area. as the details of the french are proposed and keeping a permanent force of about one thousand french troops on the ground in mali to continue fighting against islamic extremists and...
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kim jong-un has vowed to restart a reactor at the main nuclear facility. when fully operational, it could produce enough material for one atomic bomb every year. despite the rhetoric, the army is proceeding with caution. >> what we don't want to do is respond to some type of move that would get us into a rapid escalation into a conflict. >> the u.n. secretary said he also worries about world response to north korea's military provocations and wants to help facility peaceful dialogue between nations. >> regulators in europe are teaming up to force mountain view based google to overhaul the privacy policy. the regulators claim that google failed to make concrete changes to the privacy policy that left consumers in the dark an how much information they have about them and how long the information is kept. last year, the company mergeed 60 privacy policies into one procedure saying it is necessary and legal. france is leading the effort with britain, netherlands, germany, spain and italy. >> mike nicco has the forecast. >> we are transitioning from the low clo
kim jong-un has vowed to restart a reactor at the main nuclear facility. when fully operational, it could produce enough material for one atomic bomb every year. despite the rhetoric, the army is proceeding with caution. >> what we don't want to do is respond to some type of move that would get us into a rapid escalation into a conflict. >> the u.n. secretary said he also worries about world response to north korea's military provocations and wants to help facility peaceful dialogue...
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rogue state operating in a defacto nuclear state operating with a bomb and on the other we've got a un which is either fails to reach out to north korea appropriately and bring it into the international community. and is conspicuous by its absence perhaps in a situation like banking just the other day warning of it spiraling out of control the danger of what is practically being done what we do know is that the international institutions the diplomatic institutions that would be normally be responsible for bringing north korea back into the fold have failed to do so north korea walked out of the. six plus one talks in two thousand and nine and the u.n. other than sanctioning north korea has failed to come up with any concrete diplomatic solution. to reach in to the mysterious stage and to bring it back into the fold so what is going on behind the scenes is their favorite diplomacy or not well north korea famously enjoys bilateral relations with china and russia and there may indeed be contacts going going through the channels we can say for sure that china is upset with north korea i t
rogue state operating in a defacto nuclear state operating with a bomb and on the other we've got a un which is either fails to reach out to north korea appropriately and bring it into the international community. and is conspicuous by its absence perhaps in a situation like banking just the other day warning of it spiraling out of control the danger of what is practically being done what we do know is that the international institutions the diplomatic institutions that would be normally be...
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the full edition of cross talk as the un and about and on. now all of america's atomic reactors a should be shot and that's all from a former head of the us nuclear energy commission online report on his fears that all those facilities and service are repairable and urgently need replacing. also where hacking the hack israel retaliates with so i will strike of its own against the anonymous group which brought down government website last week. did strike in greece is struggling to set is why is international lenders hoping to get a delay to two point eight billion euro bailout installment this month the painful talks come as each u.n. i.m.f. inspectors review athens progress in a meeting at the meeting the terms of one hundred thirty billion euro area after the drama of cyprus the lending troika is skeptical about the merger between greece's two biggest banks the country insists it can handle recapitalization and the finance minister has assured greeks their deposits are safe he also promised it will be no tough austerity but lenders are pres
the full edition of cross talk as the un and about and on. now all of america's atomic reactors a should be shot and that's all from a former head of the us nuclear energy commission online report on his fears that all those facilities and service are repairable and urgently need replacing. also where hacking the hack israel retaliates with so i will strike of its own against the anonymous group which brought down government website last week. did strike in greece is struggling to set is why is...
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and is someone calling kim jung-un's strings? two people with considerable power could influence them. >> and north korea right now we're told to back muscles are in their launchers, they're loaded and ready to go. the white house says it won't be surprised if kim jung-un orders those muscles to be fired in a new test of military power. the communist leaders and all sorts of signals about his next move and when it might happen including an ominous new warning to foreign diplomats in the north korean capital. our correspondents are standing by with all the latest developments in the region and here in the united states. and christiane amanpour and fareed zakaria are here to give us the global view of this unfolding story. but first let's go to our correspondent, barbara starr, with the very latest. >> there were some initial thoughts today that things could be cooling off with the north koreans. but then again, maybe not. a new warning from kim jung-un to them to p'yongyang. after april 10th the regime may not be able to protect t
and is someone calling kim jung-un's strings? two people with considerable power could influence them. >> and north korea right now we're told to back muscles are in their launchers, they're loaded and ready to go. the white house says it won't be surprised if kim jung-un orders those muscles to be fired in a new test of military power. the communist leaders and all sorts of signals about his next move and when it might happen including an ominous new warning to foreign diplomats in the...
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accused the un of trying to undermine the investigation into the use of chemical weapons in syria the syrian government claims rebels used illegal agents near the city of aleppo last month killing around two dozen political historian gerald horne explains why he believes the un investigation will bear fruit. this quiet from the north atlantic countries about this chemical attack speaks volumes that speaks loudly because we all know that if this chemical attack could be pinned on the damascus regime of president all saw that they would have been shouting from the rooftops about it the fact that they're not quiet about it i think says all that we need to know we all saw what happened at the arab league meeting where they were able to maneuver the rebels to take the heat of the all assad regime we all know about the recent on talk between turkey and israel which does not bode well for a peaceful resolution of the syrian crisis therefore it seems to me that an attack of this chemical and investigation of this chemical attack but moscow and beijing in particular managers who want to see. t
accused the un of trying to undermine the investigation into the use of chemical weapons in syria the syrian government claims rebels used illegal agents near the city of aleppo last month killing around two dozen political historian gerald horne explains why he believes the un investigation will bear fruit. this quiet from the north atlantic countries about this chemical attack speaks volumes that speaks loudly because we all know that if this chemical attack could be pinned on the damascus...
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and that is whether kim jong-un is able to maintain his power. what he is trying to do is really create a situation where he solidifies the power base within the military and shows that he is strong against the united states. and, of course, those goals on the north korean side are important to the united states side. >> thank you very much. we appreciate it. of course, that missile launch anticipated really imminently, could happen over the weekend. we're not sure. >>> still to come, the dictator's wife. what we now know about the woman behind kim jong-un. >>> plus, a teenage girl allegedly raped and harassed takes her own life and we have a major development in the case we've been reporting on. >>> a german hacker says he can hijack a plane using nothing but his cell phone. >>> and our shoutout of the night, this is great for a friday. a tiny dog beats the ultimate police. welcnew york state, where cutting taxes for families and businesses is our business. we've reduced taxes and lowered costs to save businesses more than two billion dollars to
and that is whether kim jong-un is able to maintain his power. what he is trying to do is really create a situation where he solidifies the power base within the military and shows that he is strong against the united states. and, of course, those goals on the north korean side are important to the united states side. >> thank you very much. we appreciate it. of course, that missile launch anticipated really imminently, could happen over the weekend. we're not sure. >>> still to...
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on friday, north korean tv showed these pictures of the leader, kim jong-un. pyongyang has told foreign diplomats to consider evacuating the embassy. warning the safety of members cannot be guaranteed. to theeffort was made embassies which are in pyongyang. we are trying to clarify the situation. we have asked several questions which are to be posed to our north korean neighbors in this case and are in close contact with our chinese partners as well as with the americans, south koreans and japanese. we can say we're in contact with the participants of the talks. >> at the border, south koreans are leaving the industrial zone shared with the north. around 100 factory members are exited to leave on saturday. companies there are running out of raw materials for days after pyongyang banned people from entering the border. the area is a symbol of north- south corporation. 10 people have died in suicide bombings in iraq. hits believed the bombings the home of a local political candidate. 20 people were injured. isnce's foreign minister encouraged to stick to an elec
on friday, north korean tv showed these pictures of the leader, kim jong-un. pyongyang has told foreign diplomats to consider evacuating the embassy. warning the safety of members cannot be guaranteed. to theeffort was made embassies which are in pyongyang. we are trying to clarify the situation. we have asked several questions which are to be posed to our north korean neighbors in this case and are in close contact with our chinese partners as well as with the americans, south koreans and...
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current leader kim jong un did not attend. he praised kim for launching a rocket last december. the international community says the rocket was a long-range missile. the premier says kim has carried on his father's legacy to raise north korea's status. . prime minister benjamin netanyahu says they can only rely on themselves. israelis stopped on monday to pay their respects to victims of the holocaust. he addressed them at a ceremony a day earlier. >> translator: what has changed since the holocaust is our determination and ability to defend ourselves. we won't leave our fate in the hands of others even our closest friends. >> he's said israel is prepared to act unilaterally to strike iran. they failed to bridge their differences over the iranian nuclear program. >>> on a official in shanghai says another person infected with the bird flu has died. 24 people in china are known to have contracted the virus. officials are working to find out how it spreads. they have found no evidence that the virus can be transmitted from person to person. chinese officials say all of the infecti
current leader kim jong un did not attend. he praised kim for launching a rocket last december. the international community says the rocket was a long-range missile. the premier says kim has carried on his father's legacy to raise north korea's status. . prime minister benjamin netanyahu says they can only rely on themselves. israelis stopped on monday to pay their respects to victims of the holocaust. he addressed them at a ceremony a day earlier. >> translator: what has changed since...
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now france has started pulling its troops from mali the first step in handing over operations to a un approved african force the french anticipated a short campaign against islamic insurgents in january but now i plan on keeping one thousand troops by the end of the year the military intervention initially drove out the militants from northern mali some retreated to desert hideouts in the vast area. has the details they say though that they still plan on that continuing that would duction of their four thousand strong military personnel currently on the ground and keeping these a one thousand troops they say will be part of a few sure you when a peacekeeping mission however this is in stark contrast to what french foreign minister a lot more five years had said in january. regarding france's direct involvement it is only a matter of minutes later on comments by we have no intention of staying forever. so the french have gone into mali a warning against the threat of islamised extremism against europe now clearly any plan of a complete withdrawal is off the table now. this one thousand
now france has started pulling its troops from mali the first step in handing over operations to a un approved african force the french anticipated a short campaign against islamic insurgents in january but now i plan on keeping one thousand troops by the end of the year the military intervention initially drove out the militants from northern mali some retreated to desert hideouts in the vast area. has the details they say though that they still plan on that continuing that would duction of...
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syria has rejected the un secretary general's chemical weapons probe team which is awaiting deployment in cyprus it was initially invited by syria to investigate the march nineteenth attack near aleppo but thank you means reported suggestion of a supplementary nationwide probe has brought the mission to a stark holt syria's foreign ministry says it's too similar to the un backed iraqi nuclear weapons accusations which concluded with the notorious american led invasion. but your attempts to broker a deal between serbia and its breakaway kosovo province have failed it was to normalize ties between the two regions asking belgrade to cede its hold over northern kosova in exchange for e.u. membership talks the stumbling block was a lack of guarantees to protect the minority in the region belgrade doesn't recognize cause of his independence and into ethnic tensions played. the region. fascisms dark role in world history is doing little to hold back in you generation of black in italy the governments try to hand out radical elements but the far right still managing to draw support from econom
syria has rejected the un secretary general's chemical weapons probe team which is awaiting deployment in cyprus it was initially invited by syria to investigate the march nineteenth attack near aleppo but thank you means reported suggestion of a supplementary nationwide probe has brought the mission to a stark holt syria's foreign ministry says it's too similar to the un backed iraqi nuclear weapons accusations which concluded with the notorious american led invasion. but your attempts to...
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kim jong-un has vowed to restart a reactor at the main nuclear facility. when fully operational, it could produce enough material for one atomic bomb every year. despite the rhetoric, the army is proceeding with caution. >> what we don't want to do is respond to some type of move that would get us into a rapid escalation into a conflict. >> the u.n. secretary said he also worries about world response to north korea's military provocations and wants to help facility peaceful dialogue between nations. >> regulators in europe are teaming up to force mountain view based google to overhaul the privacy policy. the regulators claim that google failed to make concrete changes to the privacy policy that left consumers in the dark an how much information they have about them and how long the information is kept. last year, the company mergeed 60 privacy policies into one procedure saying it is necessary and legal. france is leading the effort with britain, netherlands, germany, spain and italy. >> mike nicco has the forecast. >> we are transitioning from the low clo
kim jong-un has vowed to restart a reactor at the main nuclear facility. when fully operational, it could produce enough material for one atomic bomb every year. despite the rhetoric, the army is proceeding with caution. >> what we don't want to do is respond to some type of move that would get us into a rapid escalation into a conflict. >> the u.n. secretary said he also worries about world response to north korea's military provocations and wants to help facility peaceful dialogue...
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the jews religious minority very distantly connected to islam were split by the un mandated ceasefire border in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven when israel occupied the golan heights since then those who live on the israeli side of the fence have been paying close attention to the events on the other side recently their reasons for worry have multiplied as news of a major reconnaissance mission by syria broke in early april the information came from western diplomats who said that the recent redeployment of syrian troops in the area was perhaps the biggest one in more than forty years some say that as many as twenty thousand highly trained soldiers have left the golan heights leaving behind what could be described as a security vacuum which could soon be filled by none other than the syrian rebels who have already tried taking shots at the druze villages in the golan heights. the druze say islamists fighting in syria target them as followers of a cult. and. some of the. very very. on top of that jihad is militants operating in syria seem to be now getting a helping hand from wit
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in iraq even the un peacekeeping force finds the situation rather unsettling. always possible everywhere as the sounds of gunshots from the border with syria get louder and seem to move closer to home israeli officials are already showing signs of getting close to hitting the panic button saying they're ready to hit back militarily if the situation in the golan heights becomes critical and that may mean yet another war for israel in the golan heights r.t. stay with us for the kaiser report that's coming right up here in r.t. . most people in the western world would agree that having laws that officially create second class citizens is totally unacceptable we can look at the way jews were treated in nazi germany or blackstar in apartheid in south africa and the slavery jim crow areas in the usa as examples of legally dividing society by necessity i think most people who want their modern sensibilities would find these practices to me bob baer american backwards but my question is that why is there to this day officially sanctioned second class citizens in certai
in iraq even the un peacekeeping force finds the situation rather unsettling. always possible everywhere as the sounds of gunshots from the border with syria get louder and seem to move closer to home israeli officials are already showing signs of getting close to hitting the panic button saying they're ready to hit back militarily if the situation in the golan heights becomes critical and that may mean yet another war for israel in the golan heights r.t. stay with us for the kaiser report...
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them at the heightened rhetoric the no that has unleashed a barrage of swathes laid the reaction to un sanctions and minutely exercises between the south and america he declared war on seoul and threatened to strike the u.s. bases in the region this is an analyst glenn ford says and neither of the two koreas want to be perceived as weak. and we've seen a number of instances over the last few years where they've been trashed to create around there was a limit line at sea between north and south and in the current climate over trash like that could very easily escalate i don't think either side actually intends to start a military conflict the dangerous of these things can happen by accident started with you kim jong un actually it may evolve you know into satellite lord back in december then we have the nuclear test in february just before park going to hate the new south korean president took office we have a situation now where she certainly doesn't want to be seen as weak the same is true of kim jong il and so we're sort of escalation upwards and neither side seems capable of actuall
them at the heightened rhetoric the no that has unleashed a barrage of swathes laid the reaction to un sanctions and minutely exercises between the south and america he declared war on seoul and threatened to strike the u.s. bases in the region this is an analyst glenn ford says and neither of the two koreas want to be perceived as weak. and we've seen a number of instances over the last few years where they've been trashed to create around there was a limit line at sea between north and south...
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think that highlights reading why it's a vital and why there's been so much action to try and get the un investigated that only ground to try and get some of this verification because of course very hard to base very important decisions about what will be the next steps that countries like the u.s. and the k. without the hard evidence to base decisions on. r.t. sara first right now we can talk more on this and speak to professor stephen zoomers a middle east expert who's a politics and international studies professor at the university of san francisco joining us live here on are too good to see you today the u.s. has or will certainly be pushing for a long time to act in syria you know think these allegations of possible chemical weapon usage could become a turning point. it's possible there's certainly a lot of pressure on the obama administration not just from republicans in congress but some from some hawkish democrats as well some of the very people whose claim about claims about iraqi chemical weapons and related military prowess so led to the iraq war so there's a lot of pressure o
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al-qaeda so it's the same reasons there are driven people in the past to join jihad in iraq even the un peacekeeping force finds the situation rather unsettling. it's always possible everywhere yet as the sounds of gunshots from the border with syria get louder and seem to move closer to home is relief issues are already showing signs of getting close to hitting the panic button saying they're ready to head back militarily if the situation in the golan heights becomes critical and that may mean yet another war for israel in the golan heights in a ghost r.t. . the latest employment numbers are in for europe and they aren't incurring the twenty seven nation bloc is bleeding jobs with the rate up across most of the european union in march according to your a step for spain in greece are the worst affected both approaching one in three unemployed trailing them or other crisis hit european states especially in the south and east in total some twenty six million people of working age are unemployed youth joblessness is roughly double the overall rate for your. report so it takes more than jus
al-qaeda so it's the same reasons there are driven people in the past to join jihad in iraq even the un peacekeeping force finds the situation rather unsettling. it's always possible everywhere yet as the sounds of gunshots from the border with syria get louder and seem to move closer to home is relief issues are already showing signs of getting close to hitting the panic button saying they're ready to head back militarily if the situation in the golan heights becomes critical and that may mean...
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that is quite un-european. for thet of contempt public sector, public transport, public things, community things were for losers. the future was entrepreneurs and people in private enterprise. that was quite un-british. it seems a bit pushy and was hated, not just on the left but also by some on the right. the other fascinating thing about lady thatcher. she ended up as a bear and asked pretty regal in old age, but the old aristocratic paternalist tories were slightly disdainful of people who were in grubby business and trade. they were shaken up by her. so it is a very radoxical legacy. as you say, absolutely the fascinating mix of falklands and public sector. host: writing in "usa today" -- you either really love tour called her thatcher milk snatcher. a picture of the late prime minister in 2006. on twitter -- both thatcher and reagan made it possible for banks to gamble the future of its children. the loosening of bank regulation robs the middle class. guest: if you were putting lady thatcher on trial and y
that is quite un-european. for thet of contempt public sector, public transport, public things, community things were for losers. the future was entrepreneurs and people in private enterprise. that was quite un-british. it seems a bit pushy and was hated, not just on the left but also by some on the right. the other fascinating thing about lady thatcher. she ended up as a bear and asked pretty regal in old age, but the old aristocratic paternalist tories were slightly disdainful of people who...
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however good evening just past nine pm here in moscow one is kevin zero in this is the first in the un says north korea is on a collision course with the world community with its for current threats against its southern neighbor and the u.s. declared a state of war with the south and vowed to restart its main nuclear reactor in response to u.n. sanctions meanwhile the u.s. moved to military hardware closer to the north coast including a warship and a sea based radar platform south korea says it will retaliate if it's attacked south based seoul based correspondent joseph kim believes that america's geopolitics in the region is firing up rhetoric. in terms of people in the capital in salt there's not much reaction or much alarm as these threats and the rhetoric from north korea has been continuous throughout the years we've seen. annual drills with south korea and the u.s. that north korea has continuously condemned and denounced them but the u.s. and south korea continually do these drills so we can see that a lot of the rhetoric these harsh rhetoric that are coming out of north korea i
however good evening just past nine pm here in moscow one is kevin zero in this is the first in the un says north korea is on a collision course with the world community with its for current threats against its southern neighbor and the u.s. declared a state of war with the south and vowed to restart its main nuclear reactor in response to u.n. sanctions meanwhile the u.s. moved to military hardware closer to the north coast including a warship and a sea based radar platform south korea says it...
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hundreds of young uns are heading to syria to join a radical militants that are fueling fears of how the e.u. should deal with them on their return to the blocks and territory for said this worrying trend is posing a serious threat to security in europe belgium has little crackdown on islamist networks arresting several individuals suspected of recruiting fight is tester or silly or has more. serious to you roll call for days already seem to spill over some neighboring countries but now it is extended far beyond that it's estimated that hundreds of europeans from fourteen countries mostly young men of those levels in syria and against a law sought london based international center for the study of radicalization put the tall figure at six hundred. people here and there were built for the media coverage of the radicalization of young people as recently focused on one specific story that of a father in search of the son dimitri wanted sought him for a radical islam his group had gone to syria to join the fight father had gone although we think hoping to bring his son that. planes are f
hundreds of young uns are heading to syria to join a radical militants that are fueling fears of how the e.u. should deal with them on their return to the blocks and territory for said this worrying trend is posing a serious threat to security in europe belgium has little crackdown on islamist networks arresting several individuals suspected of recruiting fight is tester or silly or has more. serious to you roll call for days already seem to spill over some neighboring countries but now it is...
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these loans and weapons investigations in the last no this is not only reasonable request because the un weapons investigators in fact worked hand in hand with the cia with the pentagon and in every single and nothing the entire industrial infrastructure in iraq and they want to do the same thing in syria you can certainly see the enormous chaos the loss of life that u.s. wars in the black mark on the stand in libya who gave it and when you look at libya today without an ounce of stability a completely unfunctional government the scenario the same playbook seems to be used now in syria is similar charges i mean who has the weapons of mass destruction well today it's the pentagon and that's a fact. but nevertheless news in the charge against untrue several trying to defend their own sovereignty again and again it's used for war for occupation for destabilization or for pumping more and more weapons and mercenaries which that's why it's attempting to foment civil war sectarian warfare it's a very dangerous policy. and the worst and most dangerous is again and again. from the state departme
these loans and weapons investigations in the last no this is not only reasonable request because the un weapons investigators in fact worked hand in hand with the cia with the pentagon and in every single and nothing the entire industrial infrastructure in iraq and they want to do the same thing in syria you can certainly see the enormous chaos the loss of life that u.s. wars in the black mark on the stand in libya who gave it and when you look at libya today without an ounce of stability a...
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kim jong-un raised the stakes even higher today. abc's bob woodruff is on the ground for us in seoul. >> reporter: north korea announced through state television today it's withdrawing more than 50,000 workers from a joint korean industrial park, cutting its last economic ties to the south. it comes as the world waits to see if the north attempts another missile test this week. the people throughout korea have not experienced war for more than 60 years now. but for the very first time, north korea has a leader who has no memories whatsoever of those battles, which make him even more unpredictable. kim jong-un has only been in power for a year and a half. across the border, he's facing another untested leader, newly elected park geun-hye, south korea's first female president. her past is tragic, her mother killed by a north korean sympathizer. her father, who was also once president, murdered by his own intelligence chief. the question, how will she act if north korea's leader pushes her to the brink? bob woodruff, abc news, seoul. >
kim jong-un raised the stakes even higher today. abc's bob woodruff is on the ground for us in seoul. >> reporter: north korea announced through state television today it's withdrawing more than 50,000 workers from a joint korean industrial park, cutting its last economic ties to the south. it comes as the world waits to see if the north attempts another missile test this week. the people throughout korea have not experienced war for more than 60 years now. but for the very first time,...
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a military conflict the dangerous of these things can happen by accident started with you kim jong un actually. may evolve you know in a satellite launch back in december then we have the nuclear test in february just before park going to hate the new south korean president took office we have a situation now where she certainly doesn't want to be seen as weak the same true of kim jong wooden and so we're getting this sort of escalation upwards and neither side seems capable of actually looking at having might deescalate from where we are now the north koreans generally see that us as being katie the north koreans are always been asking for bilateral talks between between the united states and coming out of washington and pyongyang rather than seoul because they see if you want washington actually calling the shots in ultimately so we've got to a situation we've probably not seen in terms of the dangers for several decades at least so i don't think it can get much worse any start getting better as soon as possible. and what they can and to disrupt a massive protests outside the prison
a military conflict the dangerous of these things can happen by accident started with you kim jong un actually. may evolve you know in a satellite launch back in december then we have the nuclear test in february just before park going to hate the new south korean president took office we have a situation now where she certainly doesn't want to be seen as weak the same true of kim jong wooden and so we're getting this sort of escalation upwards and neither side seems capable of actually looking...
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the jews a religious minority very distantly connected to islam were split by the un mandated ceasefire border in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven when israel occupied the golan heights since then those who live on the israeli side of the fence have been paying close attention to the events on the other side recently their reasons for worry have been supplied as news of a major reconnaissance mission by syria broke in early april the information came from western diplomats who said that the recent redeployment of syrian troops in the area was perhaps the biggest one in more than forty years some say that as many as twenty thousand highly trained soldiers have left the golan heights leaving behind what could be described as a security vacuum which could soon be filled by none other than the syrian rebels who have already tried taking shots at the druze villages in the golan heights. the druze say is there was fighting in syria target them as followers of a cult. and visit us. just. some of the. very very. very. on top of that jihad is militants operating in syria seem to be now gett
the jews a religious minority very distantly connected to islam were split by the un mandated ceasefire border in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven when israel occupied the golan heights since then those who live on the israeli side of the fence have been paying close attention to the events on the other side recently their reasons for worry have been supplied as news of a major reconnaissance mission by syria broke in early april the information came from western diplomats who said that...
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today we have only about one quarter of the human race in countries that are poor countries using the un definition the world's greatest advance in against poverty in the last forty years so yes margaret thatcher in that panoply of leaders that we enjoyed at that time and we need leadership today we are lacking leadership and then let me also give another instance of leadership and that is the role that mr thatcher played in allowing his spouse to be the great leader that she was today with women taking their place to do that wherever it may be out or down to the extent that had just been you know had i jump in now and i don't you can say i last hated loud had to go to anyone that had been soliciting enough opinions in their writing. and some other point made you comment on the whole it is it is that each each of the spouse each partner to a marriage enables and allows the other traditionally the women has so fla slee allowed the man to attain their place but this has to be equal and men's liberation and women's liberation go hand in hand and i congratulate mr thatcher for allowing his w
today we have only about one quarter of the human race in countries that are poor countries using the un definition the world's greatest advance in against poverty in the last forty years so yes margaret thatcher in that panoply of leaders that we enjoyed at that time and we need leadership today we are lacking leadership and then let me also give another instance of leadership and that is the role that mr thatcher played in allowing his spouse to be the great leader that she was today with...
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with that said we are still going to make fun of kim jong-un. you can still understand there is a seriousness there. >> it is crazy but at the end of the day what is going to happen, everybody will make the speeches better and north korea got nukes. he may be crazy, but crazy like a fox. >> you said if they collapsed and they don't actually have nuclear weapons, do they? >> they didn't have the warheads, but they have the technology. >> they tested three nuclear explosions. what you need for a nuclear weapon is enriched you -- uranium and you need a bomb and then you need the missal to deliver it. that's what they tested missals and they tested bombs, but they haven't put the two together yet. but it is a matter of time. they are a good observation on your part. >> once in awhile. >> i kind of agree with you they have to know if they did launch an attack they would be annihilated or close to it. i guess the only problem is you are assuming they are a rational actor. >> surely there is one person who runs the numbers. even if china attacked us to
with that said we are still going to make fun of kim jong-un. you can still understand there is a seriousness there. >> it is crazy but at the end of the day what is going to happen, everybody will make the speeches better and north korea got nukes. he may be crazy, but crazy like a fox. >> you said if they collapsed and they don't actually have nuclear weapons, do they? >> they didn't have the warheads, but they have the technology. >> they tested three nuclear...
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to bring the issue of human rights and america's anti terror of facility back into the spotlight the un human rights chief has called for the prisons closure while uncomfortable questions are being french awards the u.s. state department. looks into whether officials they're prepared to answer them. a russian citizen of one thousand or more. of the man who spent eleven years in the prison for his alleged links to al qaeda and russia haven't been concerned with the situation right now in the prison with the hunger strike has asked a delegation to visit this detainee when a journalist asked if they're new and about how things were with the state of situation there was a very interesting exchange between the state department's spokesperson and the journalist let's have a listen mr ming garza of has refused through his own legal counsel to meet with any russian delegation we've conveyed that to the russians so we're not able to facilitate the interview that they requested because we have a longstanding policy of not forcing such interviews if they're not voluntary so it's ok so all of the b
to bring the issue of human rights and america's anti terror of facility back into the spotlight the un human rights chief has called for the prisons closure while uncomfortable questions are being french awards the u.s. state department. looks into whether officials they're prepared to answer them. a russian citizen of one thousand or more. of the man who spent eleven years in the prison for his alleged links to al qaeda and russia haven't been concerned with the situation right now in the...
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the un drugs and crime agency says "it is a worrisome situation." it's forecast to rise right across the country for the third year in a row in afghanistan. now this report from kabul. >> by mid afternoon every day, an estimated 1 million afghans are lost to the world. smoking raw opium in squalid streets like this one, alongside an open sewer in the war ravaged streets of kabul. afghan opium refined into heroine destroys lives in britain as well. that's one of the reasons tony blair said that britain went to war in afghanistan in the first place and sent troops south to helmand province in 2006. but the british troops senior patrolling with afghans by a field of opium poppies and harvest time last year have failed to stop the crops. in forecasting an increase in production this year, the u.n. blames corruption and insecurity but also failure to help farmers grow other crops. building an alternative to the drug economy in helmand. alternative crops like cotton have failed to find a market. farmers i met have all year. cottonaid the price of is so lo
the un drugs and crime agency says "it is a worrisome situation." it's forecast to rise right across the country for the third year in a row in afghanistan. now this report from kabul. >> by mid afternoon every day, an estimated 1 million afghans are lost to the world. smoking raw opium in squalid streets like this one, alongside an open sewer in the war ravaged streets of kabul. afghan opium refined into heroine destroys lives in britain as well. that's one of the reasons tony...